Yinan Wang started collecting minerals and fossils as a kid, and he
still does. His love of rocks brought him to Princeton University, where
he graduated with a degree in geosciences. He later became interested
in meteorites and now keeps an eye out for them everywhere he goes.
He is a coauthor of numerous paleontological research papers and is the
author of The 50 State Gems and Minerals, The 50 State Unofficial Meteorites, and The 50 State Fossils,
which received the IPPY Award 2019 Silver Medal in the Juvenile–Young
Adult Nonfiction category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Yinan lives in Arlington, Virginia.Jane Levy has a passion for art and education and an MFA from the Ohio State University.